PRE-SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN
Adoption Is
D.A. Royster and Karen V. Penn
Being Adopted
Maxine B. Rosenberg
Brown Like Me
Noelle Lamperti
1999
A Child Is a Child
Brigitte Weninger
Emma's Yucky Brother
Jean Little
Goose
Molly Bang
How I Was Adopted
Joanna Cole
Jubela*
Christina Kessler
Little Miss Spider*
David Kirk
Scholastic Press, Callaway, NY 1999
A Mother for Choco*
Keido Dasza
Puffin Books, New York, NY 1992
My New Family: A First Look at Adoption
Pat Thomas
Our Twitchy*
Kes Gray and Mary McQuillan
The Red Blanket
Eliza Thomas
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
Jamie Lee Curtis
We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo
Linda Walvoord Girard
Who Wants Arthur?
Amanda Graham
Why Was I Adopted?
Carol Livingston
Zachary's New Home: A Story for Foster and Adopted Children
Geraldine M. Blomquist, M.S.W. and Paul B. Blomquist
GRADES 1 & 2
Adoption is for Always*
Linda Walvoord Girard
All About Adoption: How Families Are Made & How Kids Feel About It
Marc Neriroff, Jane Annunziata and Carol Koeller
Borya and the Burps*
Joan McNamara and Dawn Majewski(Ill)
Perspectives Press, Indianapolis, IN 1990
All Families are Special
Norma Simon
2003
Double Dip Feelings*
Barbara Cain
1990
Happy Adoption Day
John McCutcheon
I Love you Like Crazy Cakes*
Rose A. Lewis
Nikolai, The Only Bear
Barbara Joosse and Renata Liwska (Illustrator)
Philomel Books, New York, NY 2005
Oliver: A Story about Adoption*
Lois Wickstrom and Priscilla Marden(Ill)
Our Child Press, Wayne, PA 1991
One Wonderful You*
Francie Portnoy and Tracy Higgs (Ill)
Henry Holt and Company, New York, NY 2001
Over the Moon: An Adoption Tale
Karen Katz
Henry Holt and Company, New York, NY 2001
Two Birthdays for Beth
Gay Lynn Cronin and Joanne Bowring (Ill)
Perspectives Press, Inc., Indianapolis, IN 1995
Tell Me Again Abut the Night I Was Born
Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell (Ill)
Joanna Cotler Books, New York, NY 1996
Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies
Ann Turner and James Graham Hale(Ill)
Charlotte Zolotow Book, New York, NY 199
When I Met You: A Story of Russian Adoption*
Adreinne Ehlert Bashista and Christine Sykes (Ill)
DRT Press, Pittsboro, NC 2004
Waiting for May*
Janet Morgan Stoeke
Dutton Children's Books, NY 2005
GRADES 3 & 4
The Coffee Can Kid*
Jan Czech
2002
Lucy's Feet*
Stephanie Stein
Perspectives Press, Indianapolis, IN 1992
The Mulberry Bird: An Adoption Story Revised*
Ann Braff Brodzinsky and Diana L. Stanley (Ill)
1996
Sam's Sister
Juliet Bond and Dawn Majewski (Ill)
Perspectives Press, Indianapolis, IN 1995
Wise Up Powerbook
Marylin Schoettle
C.A.S.E. 2000
GRADES 5 & 6
Beyond the Deepwoods
Paul Stuart and Chris Riddell
Dancing Shoes and Ballet Shoes
Noel Streatfeild
Dicey's Song
Cynthia Voight
1981
Double Play at Short
Matt Christopher
Escape from Fear
Gloria Skurzynski
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Katherine Paterson
1978
Homecoming*
Cynthia Voight
1981
Lucy's Family Tree*
Karen Halvorsen Schreck and Stephen Glassler (Ill)
Tilbury House Publishers, Gardner, ME
Saffy's Angel*
Hilary McKay
The Scariest Night
Betty Ren Wright
Somebody Else's Child
Robeta Silman
The Trouble with Tuck
Theodore Taylor
Tuck Triumphant
Theodore Taylor
White Wolf
Ron Roy
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Anne of Green Gables
M. C. Helldorfer; L. M. Montgomery
Finding Miracles*
Julia Alvarez
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY 2004
Heaven*
Angela Johnson
How It Feels to Be Adopted*
Jill Krementz
1982
HIGH SCHOOL
Adopted from Asia. How it Feels to Grow Up in America
Frances M. Koh
EastWest Press, Mineapolis, MN 1993
Adoption
Andrew Harnack
The Adoption Reader*
Susan Wadia-Ellis (Ed)
Seal Press, Seattle, WA 1995
Angel Factory
Terence Blacker
Between
Jean Thesman
The Blending of Foster and Adopted Children into the Family
Heather Lehr Wagner
2002
Blessings
Belva Plain
Dell Publlishing, NY, 1989
The Face in My Mirror
Maureen Wartski
1994
The Face in the Mirror: Teens and Adoption
Marion Crook
2000
Whale Talk
Chris Crutcher
PRE-SCHOOL/KINDERGARTEN
Kids Need to Be Safe: A Book for Children in Foster Care*
Julie Nelson and Mary Gallagher (Ill)
Free Spirit Publishing, Minneapolis, MN2006
Mama One, Mama Two
Patricia MacLachlan and Ruth Lercher Bornstein (Ill)
Charlotte Zolotow, New York, NY 1982
GRADES 1 & 2
All Families are Special*
Norma Simon
2003
Maybe Days: A Book for Children in Foster Care*
Jennifer Wilgocki & Marcia Kahn Wright
2002
The Whole Me*
Ellen K. Baron & Marsha goldfine (Ill)
Xlibrix Corporation, 2002
GRADES 3 & 4
I Miss My Foster Parents
Stefon Herbert
My Foster Family: A Story for Children Entering Foster Care
Jennifer Levine
Child Welfare League
GRADES 5 & 6
Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis
Buried Alive
Gloria Skurzynski
Dillon, Dillon
Kate Banks
Everything on a Waffle
Polly Horvath
Ghost Horse
Lucy's Family Tree*
Karen Halvorsen Schreck and Stephen Glassler (Ill)
Meet the Austins
Madeleine L'Engle
Dell Laurel-Leaf, NY, NY 1960
Over the Edge
Gloria Skurzynski
Pictures of Hollis Woods*
Patricia Riley Giff
The PinballS
Betsy Byers
Taking Care of Moses
Barbara O'Connor
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Anne of Green Gables
M. C. Helldorfer, L.M. Montgomery
Finding Miracles*
Julia Alvarez
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY 2004
Keesha's House*
Helen Frost
The Ocean Within
V.M. Caldwell
Parents Wanted*
George Harrar
Surviving the Applewhites
Stephanie Tolan
Tides
V. M. Caldwell
HIGH SCHOOL
The Blending of Foster and Adopted Children into the Family
Heather Lehr Wagner
2002
Help Yourself for Teens: Real-Life Advice for Real-Life Challenges*
Dave Pelzer
A Plume Book, NY 2005
Holding up the Earth
Dianne E. Gray
Glory Series
Jodi Lynn
Lost in the System*
The Things I Want Most*
Richard F. Miniter
White Oleander
ADOPTION
Adopting in Massachusetts*
UMASS Center for Adoption Research
Adoption Resource Book
Linda Gilman
Adoption Is a Family Affair: What Relatives and Friends Must Know
Patricia Irwin Johnston, M.S.
2001
Adoption Nation: How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming America*
Adam Pertman
2002
Adoption Wisdom: A Guide to the Issues and Feelings of Adoption
Marlou Russell
Being Adopted: The Lifelong Search for Self*
David Brodzinsky, Marchall Schecter & Robin Hall
Doubleday, NY 1992
Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens*
Debbie Riley & John Meeks
CASE 2005
Beyond Good Intentions
Cheri Register
The Complete Adoption and Fertility Legal Guide
Brett McWhorter Sember
The Family of Adoption*
Joyce McGuire Pavao
1998
Keys to Adopting a Child
Kathy Lancaster
The Legal Adoption Guide: Safely Navigating the System
Colleen Alexander-Roberts
Still Waters
Jennifer Lauck
Talking with Young Children About Adoption
Mary Watkins and Susan Fisher
Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past
Betsy Keefer & Jayne Schooler
Toddler Adoption: The Weaver's Craft
Mary Hopkins Best, Ed.D.
1997
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew*
Sherrie Eldridge
Unlocking the Adoption Files
Paul Sachdev
Weaving a Family
Barbara Katz Rothman
Beacon Press
ATTACHMENT & SPECIAL NEEDS
Adopting the Hurt Child: Hope for Families with Special Needs Kids
G. C. Keck and R. M. Kupecky
Pinon Press, Colorado Springs, CO 1995
Nurturing Adoptions
Deborah D. Gray
Perspectives Press, Indiana, IL 2007
Facilitating Developmental Attachment*
D. A. Hughes
Jason Aronson, Inc., Northvale, NJ 1997
Healing Parents: Helping Wounded Children Learn to Trust and Love
Michael Orlans and Terry M. Levy
Attachment Treatmen and Training Institute, Evergreen, CO 2007
Help for the Hopeless Child: A Guide for Families*
Ronald S. Federici
Alexandria, VA 2003
Parenting the Hurt Child: Helping Adoptive Families Heal and Grow*
Gregory C. Keck, Ph.D. and Regina M. Kupecky, L.S.W.
2002
BIRTH PARENTS
Did My First Mother Love Me? A Story of an Adopted Child*
Kathyrn Ann Miller and Jami Moffett
Losing Jessica
Robby DeBoer
EDUCATION & THE CLASSROOM
Adoption and the Schools: Resources for Parents and Teachers*
Lansing Wood & Nancy Ng (Editors)
FAIR, Palo Alto, CA 2001
Children of Intercountry Adoptions in School: A Primer for Parents and Professionals
Ruth Lyn Meese
2002
An Educator's Guide to Adoption*
Institute for Adoption Information, Inc., 1999
Me and My Families: A Handbook on Adoption and Foster Care for School Professionals
Lynn Edwards & Sheelah Sodhi
Coordinators/2 Inc. 1992
S.a.f.e. at School: Support for Adoptive Families by Educators, a Manual for Teachers and Counselors
Marilyn Schoettle
2003
FOSTER CARE
A Child's Journey through Placement
Vera Fahlberg, M.D.
Perspectives Press, Indianapolis, IN 1992
Another Place at the Table
Kathy Harrison
A Guidebook for Raising Foster Children
Susan McNair Blatt, MD
2000
The Inner Compass: Success Stories of Massachusetts Foster Children*
Carol Yelverton (Ed)
Xlibris Corporation, 2001
Lost Then Found
Kathy Harrison
One Small Boat: the Story of a Little Girl
Kathy Harrison
Telling the Truth to Your Adopted or Foster Child: Making Sense of the Past
Betsy Keefer & Jayne Schooler
The Things I Want Most
Richard Miniter
INTER-COUNTRY & TRANSRACIAL ADOPTION
Black Children, White Parents: Putting the Pieces Together*
Tonya Moore
MOMS Connected, Omaha, NB 2006
Cross-Cultural Adoption: How to Answer Questions from Family, Friends and Community*
Rita J. Simon and Rhonda M. Roorda
2004
*Handbook of International Adoption Medicine: A Guide for Physicians, Parents and Providers*
Laurie C. Miller
Oxford University Press, New York, 2005
In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories*
Betsy Keefer & Jayne Schooler
Inside Transracial Adoption*
Beth Hall & Gail Steinberg
Perspectives Press, Indainapolis, IN 2000
The International Adoption Handbook
Myra Alperson
The Pumpkin Patch: A Single Woman's International Adoption Journey
Margaret L. Schwartz
Chicago Spectrum Press, chicago IL 2007
Understanding My Child's Korean Origins
Hyun Sook Han
1995
Wanting a Daughter, Needing a Son*
Kay Ann Johnson
2004
LIFEBOOKS
Adoption Lifebook: A Bridge to Your Child's Beginnings
Cindy Probst
Boston Adoption Press, Boston, MA
2002
Lifebooks: Creating a Treasure for the Adopted Child*
Beth O'Malley
Adoption-Works, Winthrop, MA 2000
PARENTING
Parenting with Love and Logic*
Foster Cline and J. Fay
Pinon Press, Colorado Springs, CO 1990
*Raising Adopted Children: Practical, Reassuring Advice for Every Adoptive Parent
Lois Ruskai Melina
Harper Collins, New York, NY 1998
Parenting Your Adopted Older Child: How to Overcome the Unique Challenges and Raise a Happy and Healthy Child
Brenda McCreight, Ph.D.
2002